InsForgeInsForge/InsForge
Backend platform for agentic codingPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsCoding assistantsDocker / self-host★ 13k+708 / 90dApache-2.0commit 5 days ago83worth
Open-source alternatives to DesktopCommanderMCP
40 projects in the catalog are in the same category as DesktopCommanderMCP: Coding assistants. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 3 run with Docker, 36 have a permissive license and 37 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Type | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DesktopCommanderMCP (this project) | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 10k | |
| Claude Context | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 13k | |
| Codebase Memory MCP | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 48k | |
| Serena | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 31k | |
| Spec Kit | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 144k | |
| Open Code Review | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 49k | |
| OpenSpec | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 73k | |
| CodeGraph | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 76k | |
| Repomix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 29k | |
| Code Review Graph | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 32k | |
| codex-chatgpt-web | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 15k | |
| claude-code | CLI | Not listed | Unknown | 154k | |
| InsForge | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| ouroboros | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 6.3k | |
| Oh My Pi | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 37k | |
| OpenCode | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 223k | |
| AI Website Cloner | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| Gemini CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 109k | |
| RTK | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| Codex CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 131k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 92k | |
| Herdr | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| Qwen Code | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 29k | |
| jcode | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 21k | |
| claw-code | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 195k | |
| Codewhale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| OpenClaude | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 34k | |
| Claude Code Router | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| Kilo Code | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 28k | |
| DeepSeek Reasonix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Tokscale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 5.8k | |
| Graft | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 11k | |
| MiMo Code | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 14k | |
| Loop Engineering | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 12k | |
| Continue | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 36k | |
| Aider | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 50k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 119k | |
| goose | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 56k | |
| Open Interpreter | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 69k | |
| DeepSeek Harness | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 265k | |
| Oh My OpenAgent | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 70k |
Self-hosted Docker apps (3)
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 92k+8.1k / 90dMITcommit 16 hours ago89worth
claw-codeultraworkers/claw-code
Rust implementation of the claw CLI agent harnessPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDocker / self-hostCLI★ 195kMITcommit 15 hours ago84worth
Command-line tools (37)
Claude Contextzilliztech/claude-context
Code search MCP for coding agentsPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 13k+248 / 90dMITcommit 4 months ago51worth
Codebase Memory MCPDeusData/codebase-memory-mcp
Code intelligence MCP server with a knowledge graphPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 48k+7k / 90dMITcommit 8 hours ago92worth
Serenaoraios/serena
Semantic coding toolkit for agentsPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 31k+2.8k / 90dcommit yesterday81worth
Spec Kitgithub/spec-kit
Toolkit for spec-driven development with AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 144k+13k / 90dMITcommit 15 hours ago92worth
Open Code Reviewalibaba/open-code-review
Hybrid AI code review tool from AlibabaEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 49k+19k / 90dApache-2.0commit 8 hours ago92worth
OpenSpecFission-AI/OpenSpec
Spec-driven development for AI coding assistantsPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 73k+8k / 90dMITcommit 5 days ago91worth
CodeGraphcolbymchenry/codegraph
Pre-indexed code graph for coding agentsPersonalMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 76k+10k / 90dMITcommit yesterday89worth
Repomixyamadashy/repomix
Pack a repository into one AI-friendly filePersonalDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 29k+1.6k / 90dMITcommit 20 hours ago85worth
Code Review Graphtirth8205/code-review-graph
Local code graph for AI coding toolsPersonalMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 32k+1.9k / 90dMITcommit 2 weeks ago83worth
codex-chatgpt-webmiuuyy/codex-chatgpt-web
Use ChatGPT Web (including Pro) as a native model in Codex — with context, tools, streaming and images, without using CoPersonalMCP serversCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 15k+7.8k / 90dMITcommit 11 hours ago83worth
claude-codeanthropics/claude-code
Agentic terminal coding assistant from AnthropicPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 154kcommit 2 days ago79worth
ouroborosQ00/ouroboros
Agent OS and specification runtime for AI coding workflowsPersonalMCP serversCoding assistantsEvals & observabilityCLIExtension / plugin★ 6.3kMITcommit 9 hours ago75worth
Oh My Pican1357/oh-my-pi
Coding agent with the IDE wired inPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 37k+10k / 90dMITcommit 10 hours ago97worth
OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode
Open-source coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 223k+36k / 90dMITcommit 8 hours ago96worth
AI Website ClonerJCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template
Clone a website with AI coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38k+7.2k / 90dMITcommit 3 weeks ago94worth
Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli
Gemini as an agent in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 109k+4k / 90dApache-2.0commit 16 hours ago92worth
RTKrtk-ai/rtk
Cut LLM token use on common dev commandsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 85k+8.9k / 90dApache-2.0commit 11 hours ago92worth
Codex CLIopenai/codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 131k+13k / 90dApache-2.0commit 8 hours ago91worth
Herdrherdrdev/herdr
Runtime for running coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 46k+15k / 90dApache-2.0commit 15 hours ago88worth
Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
Open-source coding agent in the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 29k+1.7k / 90dApache-2.0commit 8 hours ago88worth
jcode1jehuang/jcode
Memory-efficient coding agent harnessPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 21k+3.3k / 90dMITcommit 16 hours ago85worth
Codewhalecodewhale-hq/Codewhale
Rust coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 41k+302 / 90dMITcommit 9 hours ago83worth
OpenClaudeTwigpine/openclaude
Coding agent that runs anywhere with any modelPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34k+1.9k / 90dcommit 11 hours ago83worth
Claude Code Routermusistudio/claude-code-router
Route coding agents across modelsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38k+1.3k / 90dMITcommit 3 weeks ago82worth
Kilo CodeKilo-Org/kilocode
Open-source agentic engineering platformPersonalCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 28k+1k / 90dMITcommit 13 hours ago82worth
DeepSeek Reasonixesengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native coding agentPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36k+848 / 90dMITcommit 23 hours ago80worth
Tokscalejunhoyeo/tokscale
Track token use across coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 5.8k+585 / 90dMITcommit 3 days ago80worth
Grafttrailhq/Trail-Code
Codebase context for coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 11k+4.5k / 90dMITcommit 2 days ago79worth
MiMo CodeXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code
Xiaomi's coding agent CLIPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 14k+579 / 90dMITcommit 21 hours ago77worth
Loop Engineeringcobusgreyling/loop-engineering
Patterns and tools for loops with coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 12k+958 / 90dMITcommit 9 hours ago75worth
Continuecontinuedev/continue
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrainsPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 36k+905 / 90dApache-2.0commit 3 months ago68worth
AiderAider-AI/aider
AI pair programming in your terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 50k+1.7k / 90dApache-2.0commit 5 months ago61worth
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 119k+25k / 90dMITcommit 10 hours ago92worth
gooseaaif-goose/goose
Extensible on-machine AI agent from BlockPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 56k+3.3k / 90dApache-2.0commit 15 hours ago91worth
Open Interpreteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter
Coding agent for open modelsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 69k+741 / 90dApache-2.0commit 3 weeks ago82worth
DeepSeek Harnessdeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness
DeepSeek's plugin-first agent harnessPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 265k+78k / 90dMITcommit 2 days ago81worth
Oh My OpenAgentcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Multi-agent orchestration add-on for coding agentsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 70k+2.4k / 90dcommit 9 hours ago80worth